Mower attachment



(No Model.)

T. N MOWER AT MENT. No. 604,779.

Patented May 31,1898.

UNITED STATES PATENT- O FICE,

THEODORE NAUS, OF MANITOWOG, WISCONSIN.

MOWER ATTACHMENT.

sr'ncrrrcn'rron forming part of Letters Patent no; 604,779, dated m e1,1898. Application filed September 1,1897. Serial no. 650,277. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THEODORE N AUS, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Manitowoc, in the county of Manitowoc and State ofWisconsin,have invented oertain'new and useful Improvements in MowerAttachments; and I do hereby declare that the fol- 'lowing. is a full,clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention has for'its-object to providea simple economical mowerattachment for the discharge of out pea-vines in rows a suitabledistance away from the path of the ma:

chine, whereby premature threshing of the pea-podsis prevented; and-itconsists in certain peculiarities'of construction and. combination ofparts hereinafter set forth with reference to the accompanying drawingsand subsequently. claimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents a side viewof my improved mowerattachment in connection with a finger-bar; Fig. 2, a plan view of thesame; Fig. 3, a detail plan view, on an enlarged scale, illustrating oneof the shackle-joints connecting my attachment with the finger-bar of amower, the parts being inverted and Fig. 4, a transverse sectionalviewof the parts shown in the preceding figure.-

Referring by letter to the drawings, A repres nts the fingerbar of amower, and B an,- other bar that constitutes part of, my attachment.Bolted to the latter bar at suitable intervals apart are clips 0, eachof which has a vertically-disposed eye b, engaged bya'horizontally-disposed eye a of another clip D, that has detachablebolt connectionwith the sicklebar.

Bolted or otherwise rigidly connected to bar B at suitable intervalsapart-are a series of rearwardly-extended rods E, bent below said bar ashort distance therefrom to have aoonsiderable portion of each rest uponthe ground over which they are drawn. The rods are also recurved at therear to form guards d, that overhang cut pea-vines, and said rods outerend of the bar B, to which they are attached, the guard portion of theoutermost tions of the other rods.

Out pea-vines fall back on the bent-down portions of rods E andvirtually lie onthe ground as these rods move ahead, whereby aresistance is had that starts said out vines to rolling as soon as theoverhanging recurved -therewith. Rolling motion having been immovetoward the innermost longest one of rods E and finally discharge in arow back of the mower. I 'The eye-clips O D, connected as abovedescribed, constitute shackle-joints, and owing not affected in thematter of vertical or lateral position .by tilt or sway of thefinger-bar more or less rough ground, this being an im-' portant featureof said attachment.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

An attachment comprising a bar provided yielding connection with a mowerfinger-bar in rear of the same, and a series of differentlength rodsthat are rigidly connected to the former bar at intervals thereof, bentbelow the same a short distance therefrom to have a considerable portionof each rest on the ground and recurved at the rear to form overhangingguards. In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set myhand, atManitowoc, in the county of Manitowoc and State of Wiscousin, inthe presence of two witnesses.

. THEODORE NAUS. Witnesses:

LOUIS SHoUP, JAcoB STfJEBER.

are of gradually-decreased length toward the rod being preferably longerthan similar porguard'ends d of said rods come in contact parted toitheswath of vines, the mass willincidental to the travel of the mower overto these joints the attachment as a whole is with a series ofshackle-jointsfor vertically-

